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Sep
08
2015

Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

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The title of my book that I read is Inside Out And Back Again. Thanhha Lai is the author. The main character’s name is Ha. She is a 10 year old girl from South Vietnam.                                          The main problem in this book is that in Vietnam, where they live, there is a war happening. The war forces Ha’s family to make a difficult decision to leave their home country and move to the United States. This is an event that changes the story because they have to leave everything behind that they loved. For example Ha loves to eat sweet papaya, and when she arrives in the United States there is no papaya for her to eat and savor.                                                                                         Ha’s family escaped South Vietnam. At first Ha didn’t like the idea of moving because she had a beautiful life in Vietnam. By the end of the book the problem does get resolved. When Ha started school she was getting teased and bullied because she wasn’t like the other kids in her class. To the other classmates she looked different; her hair was brown and short, her skin tone wasn’t pale white, and she thought that the English language was weird and different. But by the middle of the school year she makes friends and allies to help her survive, and her pain and sadness about leaving Vietnam is relieved.                                                I enjoyed Inside Out And Back Again a lot because the way the writer wrote this book is unique. She wrote the whole book in poetry to tell a young girl’s story. I loved the book so much that when I was finished I wanted to have a sequel to read with it. The language drew me into the book! I give this book 5 stars, I would give it 100 but it said to only give it 1 to 5 stars!

-Aura Hostler-Burrows

 

Feb
26
2015

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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imgresThe book that I am writing about is called Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. The book is about a girl named Winnie Foster that  discovers a secret from the Tucks family and is deciding to keep their secret or tell it to someone. Also the Tucks family goes on never ending  journeys and Winnie Foster is thinking to join them or to stay where she is. The setting of the book is in several places, on journeys with the Tucks family  and at home. The setting of the country but it  changes a lot throughout the book which sometimes gets confusing because you have to read very closely.

The three adjectives I would call Winnie Foster would be stubborn, because Winnie wouldn’t listen to her friends when they were trying to tell her something important which was she needed to go  and she wouldn’t listen at all and did what she wanted to do. Another adjectives I would describe Winnie Foster is positive because there is one part where Mae, someone that Winnie knows, was in jail and they were getting her out secretly without telling the cops. And a friend of Winne’s  comes up with a solution  to bail Mae out, the boy that made the idea up doubts himself and  Winnie says, ”The plan is going to work come on lets get Mae out.” The other adjective is caring,  because there was a toad and he was drying out because he didn’t have any water so Winnie gets a cup of water and sprinkles it on the toad so it can get water in his system.

 

An interesting part in the book was when Mae had a shotgun and shot a man in a yellow suit right through the back of his skull and he dropped like a tree. I thought that was interesting because why would Mae do that to a man that didn’t do anything to her?  Another interesting part in the book would be when they were bailing Mae out of the jail secretly because the cop was watching her in the cell. And the jail guard was keeping an eye on Mae and she escaped with no problem with the guard there.

 

I enjoyed the book a lot because Natalie Babbitt writes very descriptive manner and I can make a picture in my head and imagine that I am in the book. Also I think Natalie Babbitt is a fantastic writer, I love her books! Another reason I loved the book is because the Tucks family goes on never ending journeys and I think journeys can end up good or bad. So I like that she included some adventurous  features in the book. I would definitely recommend this book because if you like adventurous, and descriptive writing  then you are going to love the book absolutely! Tuck Everlasting reminds me of this television show called Once Upon a Time a little bit because in Once Upon a Time they have adventures and sometimes the show can have sad parts in it. I would give this book five ***** (stars) because I love the way Natalie Babbitt writes her books the  style of the descriptive writing. Natalie Babbitt has several different books and I think you should check them out!

 

Jan
29
2015

The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler and Illustrated by Fred Marcellino

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The title of the book I’m writing about is The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler and Illustrated by Fred Marcellino. The main character’s name is Bagley Brown. The book is mainly about  Bagley in love with a fish name Bridget. And every day Bagley would go to the pond where she lives and give dead bugs to her. Also, Bagley had a father but he was swooped up from the ground from a hawk. Then that same night Bagley’s mom fainted because she was so sad she couldn’t believe what happened so she died.

Bagley’s friend gets married and Zeke the man who’s getting engaged  asks Bagley to be his best weasel (best man). Bagley tries to get rid of the ospreys nest next to the pond so bridget won’t get eaten by it, because Bagley has feeling for her. The setting in the book is in several places such as the pond and the pine needles. The setting is at the pond because Bagley gives Bridget the dead bugs. Also it takes place on the pine needles because Wendy the girl who is getting married to Zeke dance there with  other weasels. The way they have music when they dance  is by the birds that chirp for them. A part in this book that is interesting to me would be when Bagley goes to the pond and sees this fish jumping in the air and into the water. I liked this part because Bagley falls in love with the fish and weasels are supposed to eat fish. The fish finally talks to him and tells him her name. Another part in the book that is interesting to me would be when Bagley climbs up to the telephone pole where the ospreys nest is and tries to get it down, and has lots of attempts. Three adjectives I would describe Bagley would be strong, nice, and caring. He’s strong because Zeke’s brothers were trying to get the invitation Bagley had. The way Zeke tried to get the invitation, he chose to beat Bagley up, so Bagley would give Zeke the invitation .Bagley is nice because he just gave the invitation that Zeke wanted so badly. Also Bagley is caring because he climbed up a telephone pole in the middle of the day to move the ospreys nest so Bridget the fish won’t get eaten.

 

I loved this book because it has animals in it, also I like weasels a lot. I also loved the book because it has love in it and caring for each other. Also I liked the style the author wrote the book because it was fun. Because  the author would use cliffhangers and you wouldn’t know what is going to happen and I love that feeling. I would recommend this book because it has lots of example of friendship and relying on each other. Also the book  has animals such as weasels ,frogs, and birds. The book reminds me of this movie called Milo and Otis because it has friendship and relying and finding each other and it’s like this book. A rating I would give this book would be 1,000 stars because I absolutely loved the book.

 

Jan
05
2015

The Fourteenth Goldfish Believe In The Possible By Jennifer L. Holm

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      The title of the book is The Fourteenth Goldfish Believe In The Possible. The Author of the book is Jennifer L. Holm. The main character in this book is a girl named Ellie. The book is about Ellie an eleven year old girl who thinks her goldfish, Goldie has lived since she got the fish.  Her mom kept buying goldfish so Ellie thinks Goldie is still alive. Also the book is about an old boy. That mysterious boy in her house is a boy who Ellie doesn’t know. So Ellie isn’t sure about him. So then Ellie’s mom, tells her who that boy is and it is apparently her  grandfather. The book takes place in several places, One is school because Ellie goes to school throughout the book with her grandfather. Another place is a little bit of the lab, the lab is one of the places because Ellie’s grandfather has a lab but he doesn’t work in it. So they try to steal something out of the lab but it is hard too. They have many attempts trying to steal the mystery object. There are two parts of the book that I liked. One of them is when there was a man that Ellie didn’t know but when it was her grandfather, I thought that was an interesting part of the book because you should know what your grandfather looks like and who he is. Another interesting  part of the book is when they try to sneak into the lab to steal an object. Because,it isn’t good to steal and why do they need it? Three adjectives I would use describe Ellie would be sneaky because she snuck  into a lab without anyone noticing. Another one would be abundance because Ellie really, really misses 5th Grade and her best friend. The last adjective I would call Ellie would be kind because Ellie didn’t know the boy in her house so she was kind and nice even though she didn’t know him. I enjoyed this book because It has science In It and I do like science.I know that this book has science because they try to sneak into a lab with science test tubes. I also enjoyed this book because I liked how the characters were being acted out in the book. I liked how the characters were being acted out because they were nice they had kind personalities. I would recommend this book because it has two main parts in this book and they are sneaking into a lab with science related objects. Also that it tells you something’s about science in some parts of the book. The second is you learn what not to do, the thing not to do would be not sneaking into a lab to try to steal objects. There is one more thing it  would be spending time with your family. In the book Ellie’s grandfather always has lunch with Ellie at school. Also talking and making a conversation being together   that is spending time with family members.“There aren’t any movies that i’ve seen that are like my book review.”A rating for my book would be Five *. (* that means stars)

 

Dec
12
2014

The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter

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The book I am writing about is called The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter. The main characters are three siblings,one girl named Lucia who wished something interesting would happen, Max the youngest who always knew better, and the oldest brother Otto and he had something unique about him and that was sign language. The book is about three siblings going to their aunts house in London and when they arrive they find out that their aunt isn’t in her house. Then a young girl comes out and says that your aunt isn’t here she left for a trip. Next Max remembers that Haddie Piggott their mothers mom sent them a letter long time ago. And Max found it and remembers that it said “Snoring By The Sea.  Max asks someone, “do you know what “snoring by the sea is?” People said it is part of London. Then they traveled to snoring by the sea and went there and then as they traveled they came across a fake castle and they go in it and they see their moms mother Hattie Piggott there and they have some exciting scary adventures thats all I’m telling you. It takes place in a fake castle in London in a place in London called Snoring By The Sea.

Their father goes on a lot of trips and doesn’t see his kids and  leaves Otto Lucia and Max alone at the house. I think that is interesting because there all alone with no care and he never sees them and I think that might be hard on the kids. Three adjectives that I can call Lucia is stubborn because in a part in the book Lucia wanted Otto to run but he didn’t listen so (Otto was wearing a scarf but gave it to Lucia to hold and it is very special) Lucia said I will throw your scarf in the ocean if you don’t run! Then otto ran. Lucia is nice because otto was feeling sad and lonely so Lucia came over and said some nice words to otto and he felt better. Another way I can explain Lucia is brave because in a part of the book Lucia went on a bike that was on a cord and went very high up and she could have died any second  and she was brave and she was perfectly fine after she did it.

I loved The Kneebone boy because it had different cities in it like London and I love London and it was scary kind of and it was fun because when Lucia went on the bike on the cord I didn’t know if she was going to die and I didn’t want her to. And it was fun because I had  a little bit of scary fun adventurous parts and I love those things in a book. I would definitely recommend this book because you get to learn different parts of London and if you like a little scary and fun also adventurous then you’re in for a treat because the Kneebone Boy has all of those things. I don’t really know a movie or a television show that is like The Kneebone Boy but there is probably a show or movie that is like it. I would give this book five stars if I could I would give it 10 stars because I love London and scary and fun and adventurous books also I’ve been reading a book like the Kneebone boy before.